GRAMMY Awards Winners & Nominees for Best Contemporary Blues Album - or Contemporary Blues Recording

Robert Randolph & The Family Band

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Live At The Paramount

Ruthie Foster Big Band

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The Juice

G. Love

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Blackbirds

Bettye LaVette

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62nd Annual GRAMMY Awards (2019)

winner

This Land

Gary Clark Jr.

Gary Clark Jr. & Jacob Sciba, producers; Gary Clark Jr., Joseph Holguin & Jacob Sciba, engineers/mixers

nominees

Venom & Faith

Larkin Poe

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Brighter Days

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Somebody Save Me

Sugaray Rayford

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Keep On

Southern Avenue

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61st Annual GRAMMY Awards (2018)

winner

Please Don't Be Dead

Fantastic Negrito

Fantastic Negrito, producer; Nahuel Bronzini, Alexandro "Migui" Maloles & Matt Winegar, engineers/mixers

nominees

Victor Wainwright And The Train

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Here In Babylon

Teresa James And The Rhythm Tramps

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Cry No More

Danielle Nicole

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Out Of The Blues

Boz Scaggs

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60th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2017)

winner

TajMo

Taj Mahal & Keb' Mo'

Taj Mahal & Keb' Mo', producers; Zach Allen, John Caldwell, Ross Hogarth & Casey Wasner, engineers/mixers

nominees

Robert Cray & Hi Rhythm

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Recorded Live In Lafayette

Sonny Landreth

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Got Soul

Robert Randolph & The Family Band

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Live From The Fox Oakland

Tedeschi Trucks Band

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59th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2016)

winner

The Last Days Of Oakland

Fantastic Negrito

Fantastic Negrito, producer; Alexandro "Migui" Maloles, Jabari Tawiah & Matt Winegar, engineers/mixers

nominees

Everybody Wants A Piece

Joe Louis Walker

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Label: Provogue

Love Wins Again

Janiva Magness

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Label: Blue Élan Records

Bloodline

Kenny Neal

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Label: Cleopatra Blues

Give It Back To You

The Record Company

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Label: Concord Records

53rd Annual GRAMMY Awards (2010)

winner

Living Proof

Tom Hambridge, producer; Ducky Carlisle, Tom Hambridge & Vance Powell, engineers/mixers

nominees

Nothing's Impossible

Dr. John And The Lower 911

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Label: E1 Music

Tribal

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Label: 429 Records

Interpretations: The British Rock Songbook

Bettye LaVette

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Label: ANTI-

Live! In Chicago

Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band Featuring Hubert Sumlin, Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, Bryan Lee, And Buddy Flett

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Label: Roadrunner/Loud & Proud Records

52nd Annual GRAMMY Awards (2009)

winner

Already Free

The Derek Trucks Band

Chris Shaw, Bobby Tis & Marty Wall, engineers/mixers

nominees

This Time

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Label: Nozzle Records/Vanguard

The Truth According To Ruthie Foster

Ruthie Foster

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Label: Blue Corn Music

Live: Hope At The Hideout

Mavis Staples

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Label: ANTI

Back To The River

Susan Tedeschi

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Label: Verve Forecast

51st Annual GRAMMY Awards (2008)

winner

City That Care Forgot

Dr. John And The Lower 911

Jeff Jones "The Jedi Master", producer; Chris Finney, engineer

nominees

Peace, Love & BBQ

Marcia Ball

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Label: Alligator Records

Like A Fire

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Label: Shout! Factory

Maestro

Taj Mahal

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Label: Heads Up International

Simply Grand

Irma Thomas

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Label: Rounder Records

50th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2007)

winner

The Road To Escondido

JJ Cale & Eric Clapton

JJ Cale, Eric Clapton & Simon Climie, producers; Alan Douglas & Mick Guzauski, engineers

nominees

Into The Blues

Joan Armatrading

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Label: 429 Records

Is It News

Doyle Bramhall

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Label: Yep Roc Records

Truth

Robben Ford

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Label: Concord Records

The Scene Of The Crime

Bettye LaVette

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Label: Anti

49th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2006)

winner

After The Rain

Irma Thomas

Scott Billington, producer; David Farrell, Paul Q. Kolderie, Steve Reynolds & Adam Taylor, engineers/mixers

nominees

Live From Across The Pond

Robert Cray Band

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Label: Vanguard Records/Nozzle Records

Sippiana Hericane

Dr. John & The Lower 911

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Label: Blue Note Records

Suitcase

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Label: Epic/One Haven/Red Ink

Hope And Desire

Susan Tedeschi

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Label: Verve Forecast

48th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2005)

winner

Cost Of Living

Delbert McClinton & Gary Nicholson, producers; Ray Kennedy, engineer/mixer; Matthew P. Andrews, engineer

nominees

Electric Blue Watermelon

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Label: ATO Records

Make Do With What You Got

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Label: Shout! Factory/The One

Twenty

Robert Cray Band

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Label: Sanctuary

Bring 'Em In

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Label: Silvertone/Zomba Label Group

47th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2004)

winner

Keep It Simple

Keb' Mo', producer; Mark Johnson & Keb' Mo', engineers/mixers

nominees

N'awlinz Dis Dat Or D'udda

Dr. John

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Label: Blue Note

What's Wrong With This Picture?

Van Morrison

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Label: Blue Note Records

Sanctuary

Charlie Musselwhite

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Label: Real World

I'm A Bluesman

Johnny Winter

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Label: Virgin

46th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2003)

winner

Let's Roll

Donto James, Etta James, Sametto James & Josh Sklair, producers; Donto James, engineer

nominees

Rediscovered

Howard Tate

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Label: Private Music

Wait For Me

Susan Tedeschi

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Label: Tone-Cool/Artemis Records

So Many Rivers

Marcia Ball

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Label: Alligator Records

The Road We're On

Sonny Landreth

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Label: Sugar Hill Records

45th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2002)

winner

Don't Give Up On Me

Joe Henry, producer; S. Husky Höskulds, engineer/mixer

nominees

Burnin' Down The House

Etta James & The Roots Band

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Label: Private Music

Room To Breathe

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Label: New West

One Night In America

Charlie Musselwhite

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Label: Telarc Blues

51 Phantom

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Label: Tone-cool/Artemis

44th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2001)

winner

Nothing Personal

Delbert McClinton & Gary Nicholson, producers; Richard Dodd & Don Smith, engineers

nominees

The Door

Keb' Mo'

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Label: Epic/550 Music/okeh

Creole Moon

Dr. John

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Label: Blue Note

Sweet Tea

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Label: Silvertone

Matriarch Of The Blues

Taj Mahal & The Phantom Blues Band

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Label: Private Music

43rd Annual GRAMMY Awards (2000)

winner

Shoutin’ In Key

Tony Braunagel, producer; Terry Becker & Joe McGrath, engineers/mixers

nominees

Hoochie Man (Album)

Bobby Rush

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Label: Malaco/Waldoxy

Royal Blue (Album)

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Label: Alligator

Shake Hands With Shorty (Album)

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Label: Tone-cool

Wicked (Album)

Shemekia Copeland

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Label: Alligator

42nd Annual GRAMMY Awards (1999)

winner

Take Your Shoes Off

nominees

Wander This World (Album)

Jonny Lang

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Label: A&M

Welcome To Little Milton (Album)

Little Milton

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Label: Malaco

Continental Drifter (Album)

Charlie Musselwhite

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Label: Pointblank

Live In Chicago (Album)

Luther Allison

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Label: Alligator

41st Annual GRAMMY Awards (1998)

winner

Slow Down

nominees

Deuces Wild (Album)

B.B. King

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Label: Mca

Heavy Love (Album)

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Label: Silvertone

Life, Love And The Blues (Album)

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Label: Private Music

Sing It! (Album)

Marcia Ball, Irma Thomas And Tracy Nelson

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Label: Rounder

40th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1997)

winner

Señor Blues

Taj Mahal

nominees

Reckless (Album)

Luther Allison

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Label: Alligator

Sweet Potato Pie (Album)

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Label: Mercury

Trippin' Live (Album)

Dr. John

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Label: Surefire

Come On Home (Album)

Boz Scaggs

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Label: Virgin America

39th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1996)

winner

Just Like You

Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown

nominees

A Man Amongst Men (Album)

Bo Diddley

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Label: Code Blue/Atlantic

Live! The Real Deal (Album)

Buddy Guy With G. E. Smith And The Saturday Night Live Band

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Label: Silvertone

Long Way Home (Album)

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Label: Verve

Phantom Blues (Album)

Taj Mahal

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Label: Private Music

Sad Street (Album)

Bobby Blue Bland

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Label: Malaco

38th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1995)

winner

Slippin' In

nominees

Some Rainy Morning (Album)

Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown

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Label: Mercury

The Man (Album)

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Label: Verve

(Live '92 - '93) (Album)

Albert Collins And The Icebreakers

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Label: Pointblank

Blue Night (Album)

Percy Sledge

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Label: Pointblank/Sky Ranch

37th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1994)

winner

Father Father

Pops Staples

nominees

Bow Wow

Johnny "Guitar" Watson

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Label: Wilma/Bellmark

Force Of Nature (Album)

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Label: Alligator

Shame + A Sin (Album)

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Label: Mercury

Strange Pleasure (Album)

Jimmie Vaughan

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Label: Epic

36th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1993)

winner

Feels Like Rain

Robben Ford And The Blue Line

nominees

Hey, Where's Your Brother? (Album)

Johnny Winter

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Label: Pointblank/Charisma

Muddy Water Blues - A Tribute To Muddy Waters (Album)

Paul Rodgers

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Label: Victory Music

Mystic Mile (Album)

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Label: Stretch

Wake Up Call (Album)

John Mayall

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Label: Silvertone

35th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1992)

winner

The Sky Is Crying

Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble

nominees

I Was Warned (Album)

Robben Ford And The Blue Line

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Label: Mercury

Peace To The Neighborhood (Album)

Pops Staples

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Label: Charisma

Robben Ford And The Blue Line (Album)

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Label: Grp

The Right Time (Album)

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Label: Elektra Entertainment Group

34th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1991)

winner

Damn Right, I've Got The Blues

nominees

Albert Collins (Album)

Albert Collins

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Label: Charisma

Let Me In (Album)

Johnny Winter

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Label: Charisma

Live...Simply The Best (Album)

Irma Thomas

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Label: Rounder

Signature (Album)

Charles Musselwhite

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Label: Alligator

33rd Annual GRAMMY Awards (1990)

winner

Family Style

Vaughan Brothers

nominees

Jump For Joy (Album)

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Label: Alligator

Midnight Stroll (Album)

The Robert Cray Band Featuring The Memphis Horns

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Label: Mercury

Red Hot And Blue (Track)

Lee Atwater, B.B. King

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Track From: Red, Hot and Blue
Label: Curb

Stickin' To My Guns (Album)

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Label: Island

32nd Annual GRAMMY Awards (1989)

winner

In Step

Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble

nominees

King Of The Blues: 1989 (Album)

B.B. King

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Label: Mca

Live From Austin (Album)

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Label: Alligator

Midnight Run (Album)

Bobby Bland

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Label: Malaco

Wang Dang Doodle (Track)

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Track From: Coast To Coast/Paul Shaffer
Label: Capitol

31st Annual GRAMMY Awards (1988)

winner

Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark

nominees

Blues You Can Use (Album)

Bobby Bland

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Label: Malaco

Low-Commotion (Track)

Ry Cooder

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Track From: Get Rhythm
Label: Warner Bros.

Seven Year Itch (Album)

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Label: Island

Talk To Your Daughter (Album)

Robben Ford

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Label: Warner Bros.

30th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1987)

winner

Strong Persuader